Scale and chart therefor



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d OF DAYTON, rOHlIO y This invention relatesit'o Weighing...scales andA morep articularly. to a rchart,V adapted-'to loe-fusedn"conjunetion. therewith: for l,mixingand compounding-purposes.

This application isfadivision of my cependnations, designating the amountsor .quantities-gef ingredients, .andV alsoA preferably having data -thereonidentifying :L -substance `or ingredient; which Iis representedby, ythe partieulan Weight fields, The- .chart furtherffm more may be provided Withsuppleinental mixing instructions or. :other rWritten infor- Liriatieni; p y Y. I Fora clearA and complete.understandingof the obj eets and advantages, ofinyy improved "2S construetionl; ofgscale'and of :the/.chartsfor useiin connectiontherewithA reference-:may be -madeto theffpresentpractice in,.aihouse hold kitchen Where various :mixtures .of food are concocted; The v-presentapractice, 'in'. .a

' zo ,kitchenoftheaveragefhouseholdis tputiflize cook books, receipt books or Written receipts, measuring k'.-.vesselsfA and appliances-` of various sortsfzand conversion 'tables-of; comparatively roughvaccuracy;l Scalesare utilized onlyf-to ai limited- :extent: as.M 'most receipts. specify quantities ofsubstances` definedv various liquid--measures is aresult. the .average housewife. inipreparing afcomparativelysifmple? mixture has #to *utilize noti-only, a large 4'] number of books, tables and ltheilike-but also vari-ous containing e, vessels and :measuring vessels. Furthermore, the housewife-must beiahleto intenpol'ate various tables and convert liquid into dry measure, etc.

' By utilizing the scale and the mixing charts Which form the subject matter of the present invention this procedureis materially simplified. In place of utilizing cook books, Written receipts and thel like, the

L housewife may be provided with a card in- Original?,applicationmlediprilif1925;:jSe1'ia1zNd. 21,\576,f Di'videdvandfithis application l'ed April'w28,

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gsyk forming a.r part y dex4 vfile containing, a number vof! supplemental charts or cards. An ,individual card. or chartfis. provided ivithalist ofthe ingredientsrequired'. and, instructions Yas to their use buti'alsh is provided zvvitl'ilone.v orniore Weight lie-lds, preferably arranged succesfsively, and beingfgraduated.tode'fine the `relative amounts, of, lthe various ingredients Y necessary '.for fa` fgiv'en` mixturecna` Weight basis. For. convenience the Weight fields of the charts, themselves are designated with the particular ingredient. represented by.. they particular` f Wei ght. field. l, Fu'rthermoregzthe order onsequenceof the- .fieldson rthe .chart i determines vthe' orde'rrrin4 which, .ingredients g;

are to be added to the mixture. Wife after 1 selecting..v a :desired receipt; say, that of a.calre.from,the car-.dllile-.placed the cardt lor, supplementary. receipt. chart .-.in. v.a

,Weighing scale...constructeda'in .accordance l.Witlrthe present, invention.. After placing the;mixing,receptacleupon Ythe. scale pan the f Weight of this receptacle is Atared ofandthe housewife, then4 merely .observes fthe. chart and adds the variousingredientsin .the order f called `for by. .the chart.A vThe ingredients are addedin the order sehforthon.thechafrt and f L their quantity is readily Adetermin ed, by-k .the

housewife ohservingfl the: -correlationiofi ythe f indicatingfliand ofthe lscale andthe pant-icularsfields andgdesignating graduations onthe chartsw which; relateI to 7the -ingredient vbeing .addedf to, the.,.mixingI receptacle. In this Way the mixing procedure is materially l simplified,theusefofi large numbers of measurin'g vessels is:u done-f avvay with f and;Y comparatively complicated receipts `can be made .upzivithgreat accuracy;

Although the` novel 1featu res l 'v characteristic Aoffthis: invention arepointed out withlparticularityin-the claimsy appended hereto', theinventionfitsel'fglits; objectsl and advantages', the manner, of'its organization, andthe mode 'of' its operation be better understood by `referring.;to the following description` takenfin. connection, vvitli the accompanying Yd'ravvin i l'thlereoffn4 lwhchf: n

l sy a.- transverse. VsectionalslView Fig. 1 and looking in the direction of theA arrow.

Referring to the figures more in detail, the scale to which my invention is to be applied is of the conventional fan type. Indicator 15 of the scale is controlled by the usual counterbalancing mechanism to move over the chart surface in response to the Weight of a substance in the Weighing receptacle. The chart housing 17 is ofthe general form used in scales of this type and 1s arranged to suitably support a fixed Weight chart 18. (Figs. 2 and 3.) In order to provide for the reception of supplemental charts which carry directions and graduations to guide the user of the appliance in mixing various vreceipts the chart housing is provided With an opening at one end and preferably this opening is provided with a tapered guiding member 19 Which facilitates the introduction of the cards into the chart housing.

n The cards upon which the various receipts and directions are printed is shown in front View in Fig. 1. These cards preferably comprise a central card portion 20 and a rim portion 21, the rim portion being in the form of a beading which stifi'ens the edges of the cards and prevents the abrasion and mutilation of the same. The rim portion further serves to cooperate With guiding slots 22 (Fig. 3), Whichare preferably disposed in bracket member 23 fixed to the chart housing. y The arrangement of the guide slots 22 is such that the inserted cards 20 With their rim portions 21 pass back of and clear of the indicator 15 so that this indicator can freely traverse the supplementary chart 20 when the same is positioned in the scale.

Thev supplemental chart 20 which carries the successive Weight fields which are delimitated by the graduations 27 is preferably located in the chart housing by a suitable stop o1' abutment member 80. The locationof this abutment member is such that the zero graduation of the supplementary chart is disposed in alignment with the zero point of the fixed Weight chart when the supplementary chart or card is pushed in to its fullest extent so as to abut against part 30.

The use of the device may be described by assuming that it is desired to mix a particular sponge cake. The user of the appliance turns to a card file and selects the desired card giving the receipt for theparticular cake mixture desired. This receipt card is then inserted in the scale. The indicator 15 now is at Zero graduation on the chart 20. The user first adds beaten eggs to the receptacle until the indicator stands at the right hand graduation adjacent the beaten eggs designation on the chart. Following this granulated sugar is added until the granulated sugar field on the chart is traversed by the indicator. The operator then observes that the next ingredient symbol is not Written out but is merely an initial. By reference to the chart this symbol O is ascertained to call for orange juice. Orange juice is then added until the indicator has vtraversed this particular' field. The succeeding operations are carried out in a like manner until the complete mixture has been added tothe receptacle. It is obvious that any desired mixing directions can be printed on the direction chart.

While I have described the present invention particularly With respect to its use in a household it Will be understood that the device also finds application in commercial uses Where there is a mixing or compounding of any substances or ingredients. For example the device may be utilized for secret compounding inasmuch as the supplemental charts of themselves do not bear any direct Weight indications.

Although this invention has been described Vas applied to a specific apparatus in a particular manner it is not to be limited thereto but only in accordance with the scope of the following claims.

lVhat is claimed is:

1. A mixing direction chart for use in mixing substances upon a Weighing scale comprising a plurality of unequal Weight fields adapted to be successively scanned by 'an'index lineof the scale in a single mixing operation, said fields having delineating Weight graduations and commodity or substance designations upon said fields to indicate the commodity or substance represented thereby.

` 2. A scale reading chart for use in mixing or compounding the ingredients of a substance upon a Weighing scale', comprising a seriesof differently delineated Weight fields adapted to b e successively'scanned by the scale, each for measuring the Weight of a different ingredient, and a designation on the chart to denote Athe substance formed from the ingredients.

In testimony whereof I hereto affix my JOSEPH E. ROGERS.

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